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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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Step. ’Slid ! I hope he laughs not at me ; an’ he

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Ben Jonson·1572–1637
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. Kno. Here was a letter, indeed, to he inter-cepted by a man’s father ! He cannot but think mostvirtuously both of me and the sender, sure, that makethe careful costermonger of him in our familiar epis-tles. 1 wish I knew the end of it, which now isdoubtful, and threatens — What 1 my wise cousin !Nay, then I’ll furnish our feast-witn one gull moretow’rd the mess. He writes to me of a brace, andhere’s one, that’s three : O, for a fourth ! Fortune!if ever thou’lt use thine eyes, 1 intreat thee Step. O, now I see who he laughs at. He laughsat somebody in that letter. By this good light, an’he had laughed at me E. Kno. How now, cousin Stephen, melancholy? Step. Yes, a little. I thought you had laugh’d atme, cousin. E. Kno. Why, what an’ I had, coz, what wouldwould you ha’ done ? Step. By this light, I would ha’ told mine uncle. E.Kno. Nay, it you would ha’ told your uncle, Idid laugh at you, coz. Step, Did you, indeed? E.Kno. Yes, indeed. Step. Why, then—— E. Kno. What then? . b 3 t !
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